“A”dventures in the big city

Hubs and I have only lived in the city for a year or so. (For him, I’ve been there even less.)

And it’s a big city. That means we don’t know where everything is.

And we sometimes get lost.

And by “get lost” I mean miss the exit because I haven’t been able to read the GPS instructions (or I stop paying attention) and miss the road we’re supposed to turn on so Hubs has to make a U-turn. Which he doesn’t mind to do.

I don’t like doing it, though.

However, I don’t mind being lost and missing roads. It makes me feel like we’re exploring. I just mind making U-turns really quickly when there’s a semi coming at us.

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The past weeks of driving around looking around in neighborhoods for houses that are for sale.

Let’s just say we’ve made a lot of U-turns lately.

What about you? Ever get lost? Does it bother you? If it does, how do you get over it?

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12 thoughts on ““A”dventures in the big city”

If I’m not in a hurry I don’t mind too much getting lost. It seems like I tend to get lost when I need to be somewhere. It probably just seems like a long time to find my way because I’m stressed by time.

Yay! I’m so glad you are doing the A to Z challenge! When I saw your name under mine, I was like, Oh! I know her! 🙂

Anywhoo, I heard somewhere that getting lost when you move into a big city is a good idea because that’s how you find all the great hole-in-the-wall restaurants. But, yes, I agree, U-turns and semis are just scary in general, especially when combined together. 🙂

here from A-Z… also a newlywed wife (7 months) except we’re on our second go around with three boys, 17, 10 and 11. 🙂

And let me tell ya darlin’, I get lost ALL THE TIME. I work for the Post Office, and drive for 4-5 hours a day…. I literally go in circles all day long. You’d think that would make it impossible to get lost, but no.

It’s a long standing joke in the family about my sense of direction…or rather lack of one. My parents threw me a birthday party one year and had it in the backyard. I came home and there was a note on the front door with a map and fully detailed directions on how to find the back yard…. sheesh.. lol.

Oh… well we have been married for over 30 years – which means that getting lost is no longer quite so much fun. Especially if your OH has no sense of direction, but refuses to ask anyone in the street – unless they look local. How on earth are you supposed to infer whether someone is local or not? LOL!

My Hubs doesn’t like to stop for directions either, but he will if needed. And I have no idea about the local. Except that thugs and gangster-types usually are pretty likely to be close to home, right? I guess that doesn’t make me any more likely to stop and ask, though!
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I'm a newlywed wife, an out-of-work writer, and a former farm girl living in the big city. So in the middle of finding a job, finding my way around (or, okay, getting lost), I'm also learning to be the best blessing I can be for my husband.

I'm not sure where this first adventure together will end up, if I'll ever get a job, or learn to like folding laundry. But this is my life, married life, as a newlywed wife.

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